Comparison

DENSE Trial vs Plumb's | Standards

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DENSE Trial

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Interactive supplementary material to the final outcome of the first round of the DENSE Trial: MRI in Addition to Mammography Screening in Extremely Dense Breasts ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT01315015 For support please contact: support at doRadiology dot com

About

Plumb's | Standards

This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.

Highlights
  • Veterinary drug and dosing information
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Conversion calculator
  • Diagnosis and treatment monographs
  • Management algorithms
  • Differential diagnosis lists
  • Client education handouts
Features
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

DENSE Trial4 screens
Plumb's | Standards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Plumb's | Standards at every 3 weeks against DENSE Trial's every 5 months. DENSE Trial's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DENSE Trial ships an update every 5 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DENSE Trial versus Plumb's | Standards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDENSE TrialPlumb's | Standards
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—3.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB62 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBestApps BVBrief Media

Bugs and requests

DENSE Trial

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Plumb's | Standards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Signing in issues
  • Crashing
  • Login/password reset problems
  • Compatibility issues on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add calculator function
  • Improve renewal/subscription management

In-app purchases

None

DENSE Trial

No in-app purchases

None

Plumb's | Standards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DENSE Trial free?
DENSE Trial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb's | Standards free?
Plumb's | Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DENSE Trial or Plumb's | Standards have ads?
Neither DENSE Trial nor Plumb's | Standards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DENSE Trial or Plumb's | Standards?
DENSE Trial ships an update every 5 months, and Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. Most recently, DENSE Trial was updated on August 26, 2026 and Plumb's | Standards on October 15, 2026.

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